Assistant Manager - Airport Lounge (SAN)

The Airport Lounge Assistant Manager is a hands-on manager role and will be very active in daily service operations at the premium lounge, by Airport Dimensions supporting the Sapphire Lounge by The Club located in the San Diego International Airport. The Assistant Manager will have responsibility for daily operations and service staff including concierges, guest service attendants, food and beverage runners, and appearance care (custodial staff) in a private club. The Assistant Manager needs to have a strong eye for detail, provide overall excellent service standards and lead the team. They will report directly to the General Manager / Assistant General Manager and can be asked to assist with duties that fall under the General Manager.

This is a seven-day operation; candidates must be available to work weekends and holidays when needed.

The Successful Candidate Should Possess :

• Hospitality Focus :  focus on guest satisfaction and providing memorable first in class experiences. Generous, friendly, and warm spirited.
• Guest Experience :  Maintains a friendly, cheerful, and courteous demeanor at all times ensuring highest level of guest experience. The ability to anticipate and meet the needs of guests, delivering best in class products and services with the commitment of continuous improvement. This includes seeking to meet guest needs, expectations, and demands quickly and effectively; remaining calm and professional when dealing with difficult guests; reviewing complaints from internal / external guests and taking action to remedy the complaint; and treating the guest as valuable.
• Decision Making :  The ability to make a good decision or lead a good decision-making process. The understanding when to decide, when to consult subordinates or peers and bring in a collaborative approach to the process, and when to step back to let others decide.
• Communication and Influence :  Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey information that will be complex, and / or to others who may have limited knowledge of the subject in question. Role will require intermediate negotiation, influence, cooperation, tact, ability to articulate clearly, use of correct grammar, cultural context, and diplomacy, etc.
• Team Building :  The ability to inspire, motivate, and guide others to foster team commitment, spirit, pride, and trust. This includes clearly communicating and reinforcing goals of team, unity, cooperation, and excellence.
• Integrity / Honesty :  Behaving in an honest, fair, and ethical manner through all words and actions. Modeling high standards of ethics.
• Developing Others :  The ability to motivate and inspire others to perform and contribute to the organization by providing ongoing feedback and opportunities to learn through formal and informal instruction.
• Technical Credibility :  Full use and application of standards, principles, theories, concepts, and techniques in area of expertise. Focuses primarily on own area of specialty. Exposure to related disciplines.
• Analytical Thinking :  The ability to systematically gather information from a variety of sources, analyze information, identify implications of data, and draw appropriate conclusions. Draws appropriate conclusions, generates viable alternative solutions to a question or a problem, and evaluate the consequences of choosing each alternative.
• Continual Learning :  Assess and recognizes own strengths and weaknesses and pursues self-development.

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Qualifications And Experience :

Salary :  $75,000.00-$80,000.00 Annually

FLSA Status :   Exempt

Location :   On-site

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ABOUT THE COMPANY

Hyde Park Hospitality (HPH) is a young—but dynamic and fast-growing—company built on deep roots in the food business. HPH earned Crain’s Fast 50 Award in 2025 for being one (ranked 35th) of the fifty fastest growing businesses in the Chicago-area! We provide services ranging from airport concessions, management staffing, brand licensing, to contracted food and facilities management. With a 75% diverse senior management team, HPH values diversity and welcomes everyone with necessary qualifications and experience, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, and any other protected status, to apply. Learn more about us at hph-us.com.

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